| 黔西南布依族苗族自治州 |
Qián xī nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu |
Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 贵州省 |
| 黔 |
Qián |
abbr. for Guizhou province 贵州 |
| 黔西南 |
Qián xī nán |
see 黔西南布依族苗族自治州 |
| 西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī |
west |
| 西南 |
xī nán |
southwest |
| 南 |
Nán |
surname Nan |
| 南 |
nā |
used in 南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2] |
| 南 |
nán |
south |
| 布 |
bù |
variant of 布 / to announce / to spread |
| 布 |
bù |
cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known |
| 布依 |
Bù yī |
Buyei ethnic group |
| 依 |
yī |
to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of |
| 族 |
zú |
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 苗 |
Miáo |
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China / surname Miao |
| 苗 |
miáo |
sprout |
| 苗族 |
Miáo zú |
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China |
| 族 |
zú |
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 自治 |
zì zhì |
autonomy |
| 自治州 |
zì zhì zhōu |
autonomous prefecture |
| 治 |
zhì |
to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research |
| 州 |
zhōu |
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |